In most cases, an order for prosecutors to make sure the defense team has access to all of their documents is commonplace. But there’s no such thing as business as usual when it comes to the Aurora theater shooting. In a newly released document on view below, 18th Judicial District…
Christopher Padgett, eighteen, is accused of being a busy boy. The Denver District Attorney’s Office is charging Padget with nine counts of arson related to blazes all set on the same night within three blocks of each other in the Park Hill neighborhood. The Denver Police Department account can be…
The surviving victims of the Aurora theater shooting and their families have had well-documented issues with the charitable support coming from around the state and the country. The problems got so bad that Governor John Hickenlooper was forced to step in and appoint Ken Feinberg to serve as a “special…
Unfortunately, we hear all too commonly about middle school or high school coaches accused of sex crimes in these parts. But we can’t remember another allegation of a similar offense against a local referee before the arrest this week of Stephen Amador, 52, on suspicion of unlawful sexual contact, times…
In 2008, a woman was brutally raped by two men. But the case remained unsolved for years, until a DNA hit led to the arrest of Connie Liphford for the crime. Liphford was sentenced for the crime a year ago this month. Now, Domonique Huntington, charged with being the second…
Rollin Oliver pleaded guilty today to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Denver police officer Celena Hollis last June. The 22-year-old faces a sentence of sixteen to 26 years in prison according to the plea agreement, which is on view below. The original charge of first-degree murder/extreme indifference was…
Update: The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office recently issued an alert for two alleged white supremacists thought to have been in touch with Evan Ebel shortly before he allegedly killed Colorado prison boss Tom Clements in March. The first of the pair, James Lohr, 47, was arrested in Colorado Springs…
Unfortunately, instances of child abuse resulting in death happen far too frequently — especially considering that “once” qualifies as “far too frequently.” As a result, the sentencing of Donald Scarlett to more than four decades behind bars for the killing of 22-month-old Michael Harris was expected to be fairly routine…
The Denver Police Department has announced that Matthew Mann, 38, had prompted a “modified lockdown” yesterday at Denver Health Medical Center, where he used to work. At this writing, the facts of the case remain sketchy. But Mann’s Facebook page states that he recently ran his own gun-related business and…
A Portland man has been arrested for harassing the families of victims of the Aurora theater shooting. Kevin Michael Purfield, 45, is accused of “e-mailing, calling and using social media to contact various family members of victims of the theater shooting,” the Portland police say in a statement. “None of…
Update: Felix Trujillo, the first-ever escapee from Denver’s new jail, slipped away in a deputy’s jacket and alleged help from law-enforcer Matthew Andrews; see our previous coverage below. Now, following the arrest of another accused accomplice, 47-year-old Marilyn Reeves, Trujillo has surrendered to authorities. But plenty of questions remain, with…
Fox News reporter Jana Winter was not forced to take the stand today and testify about her unnamed sources. Instead, the judge in the Aurora theater shooting case ordered Winter back on August 19. By then, an attorney for suspect James Holmes said several outstanding issues should be resolved. She…
Update: We’ve been reporting about a fatal stabbing on a Number 15 RTD bus near Federal and Colfax yesterday afternoon. A short time ago, the Denver Police Department revealed that Isaiah Moreno, twenty, had been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder. Now, the Denver coroner’s office has identified the victim:…
Chris Bates’s reaction to the Aurora theater shooting last summer was one shared by countless other Coloradans. “I felt this really strong urge that I had to do something,” says the Fort Collins artist. But Bates was initially at a loss as to what. After listening to a talk about…
At a February hearing, Edward Montour sought to withdraw his guilty plea for a 2002 murder in an effort to avoid the death penalty he’d previously sought. The office of 18th Judicial District DA George Brauchler, who’s also seeking death for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes, argued against such…
Denver has suffered a rash of horrific hit-and-runs during the last three weeks or so, including the still-unsolved 14th and Yosemite crash that killed two children and a 13th and Kalamath incident in which Latoya Nelson has been charged with causing the death of Charlie Herrera, 85. The latest? A…
Fox News reporter Jana Winter won’t face such a tough decision tomorrow after all. The judge in the Aurora theater shooting case has delayed a ruling on whether to compel Winter to testify about her confidential sources until after he decides whether to allow a notebook that suspect James Holmes…
Anyone would feel uncomfortable posing for a mug shot after a DUI and reckless driving arrest — particularly one that showed off a battered nose and a blood-stained undershirt. But presumably, the discomfort is even higher for Jose Guadalupe Luna. After all, he’s an Adams County Deputy. Get the details…
Grabbing a woman’s butt in a bar could earn the asshole in question a well-deserved slap or a drink tossed in his face. But doing the same thing on an airplane might result in two years behind bars. That’s the lesson being learned right now by Thornton’s Evan Castle, who’s…
Capitol punishment has made plenty of news in Colorado lately, thanks to a failed attempt to ban the practice and 18th Judicial District DA George Brauchler’s pledge to seek seek the death penalty against accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes. But what about when executions go wrong? CU Professor Michael…
Among the documents released yesterday in the Aurora theater shooting case was a wide-ranging inventory of the contents found in accused killer James Holmes’s apartment. We’ve got the complete list below. But among the more interesting items are three video games, none of which are the sort of realistic first-person…
The judge in the James Holmes case has unsealed an arrest affidavit and several search warrants in the case. Among the details revealed by these documents — that psychiatrist Lynne Fenton reported to a police officer in June that Holmes made “homicidal statements” and “threatened and harassed her;” that items…
